1913  —  TWENTIETH    SEASON—  1914 


CHICAGO 

MENDELSSOHN 

CLUB 


HARRISON  M.  WILD 
Musical  Conductor 


Third   Concert 

Thursday  Evening,  April  Thirtieth 

Nineteen  Huadied  and  Fourteen 

Orchestra  Hall 


Assisting 

Mr.  Reed  Miller Tenor 

Mr.  C.  F.  Champlin Baritone 

Mr.  Rene  S.  Lund Baritone 

Mr.  Paul  W.  McKay Baritone 

Mr.  Calvin  F.  Lampert Pianist 

Mr.  Allen  W.  Bogen Organist 

Program  Notes  by 
Mr.  El  wood  A.  Emery 


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PROGRAM 

1 .  Song  of  the  Vikings Eaton  Faning 

2.  a.    O  Mother  Mine W.  H.  Neidlinger 

b.  The  Frog Ernest  Newton 

c.  King    Death Henry    Houseley 

3.  a.     Botschaft Brahms 

b.  Couplet  —  Eugene  Onegin Tschaikoivsky 

c.  Wine  on  the  Rhine Ries 

Mr.  Reed  Miller 

4.  The  Song  of  the  Camp H.  J.  Stewart 

Solos  by  C.  F,  Champlin 

and 

Paul  W.  McKay 

5.  a.     Ave  Maria V.  E.  Nessler 

b.     Hymn  to  the  Madonna Edward  Kr eraser 

Solo  by  Mr,  Miller 

INTERMISSION 

6.  a.     The  Son  of  the  Prophet Jean-Baptiste  Faure 

b.  Sleeptime Frank  E.  Ward 

Solo  by  Rene  S.  Lund 

c.  The  Cruiskeen  Lawn Victor  Herbert 

7.  a.     Before  the  Dawn Meyer 

b.  Condescend Mac  Farlane 

c.  Pipes  of  Gordon's  Men Hammond 

Mr.  Miller 

8.  a.    The  Redman's  Death  Chant ^ 

b.  Peter  and  his  Teeter-Tauter ?■  Paul  Bliss 

c.  A  Devastating  Storm J 

9.  The  Nun  of  Nidaros Daniel  Protheroe 


SONG  OF  THE  VIKINGS 

E.  Somerville  Gibney  Joseph  Eaton  Faning 

1850 
Arranged  by  A.  H.  Ryder 

Eaton  Faning,  a  Cornishman  by  birth,  and  son  of  a 
music  professor,  began  his  musical  career  at  the  age  of 
five,  and  from  that  time  on,  his  life  has  been  one  of  cease- 
less activity  in  his  profession.  In  1870  he  entered  the 
Royal  Academy  as  a  student,  and  rose  step  by  step  to 
the  rank  of  professor  there.  From  1885  to  1901,  when 
he  retired  from  public  activity,  he  was  Director  of  Music 
at  Harrow,  that  great  school  founded  in  1571,  which  has 
nurtured  such  men  as  Lord  Byron,  Cardinal  Manning, 
Sir  Robert  Peel,  and  Anthony  Trollope. 

The  "Song  of  the  Vikings,"  the  best  known  of  his 
part-songs,  made  its  first  appearance  under  modest  con- 
ditions. While  yet  a  student  at  the  Royal  Academy, 
Faning  conducted  the  Wickham  Park  Musical  Society. 
The  word-book  of  its  "Second  Amateur  Concert,"  given 
May  16,  1876,  thus  records  the  launching  of  "The 
Vikings"; 

Part  Second 

Part-Song:   "The  Vikings" — Eaton  Faning. 

Duet  Accompaniment,  Miss  Hogg  and  Miss  Pawle. 

Written  especially  for  this  occasion  by  Mr.  Eaton  Faning. 

Words  by  E.  S.  Gibney,  Esq. 

The  work  sprung  into  immediate  popularity  and  was 
presented  at  a  Students'  Concert  at  the  Royal  Academy 
in  May,  1877.  Somerville  Gibney,  the  writer  of  these 
stirring  lines,  is  an  old  Harrovian.  He  is  also  the  author 
of  the  words  of  Dr.  Faning's  dramatic  chorus  "Liberty," 
and  of  several  of  his  solo  songs. 

The  wind  is  blowing  from  off  the  shore, 

And  our  sail  has  felt  its  force, 
For  our  bark  bounds  forth  o'er  the  crested  waves 

As  a  wild  and  restive  horse. 
Our  sharp  prow  cleaves  the  billows 

And  breaks  them  into  spray, 
And  they  brightly  gleam  in  the  glad  sunlight, 

As  we  speed  upon  our  way. 
Lords  of  the  waves  we  are, 

Kings  of  the  seething  foam ! 
Warriors  bold,  from  the  Norseland  cold. 

Far  o'er  the  sea  we  roam. 


We  have  left  our  wives  and  our  sweethearts  fair 

On  the  rock  encircled  strand, 
To  entreat  the  gods  to  watch  o'er  their  loves, 

And  to  bring  them  back  to  land. 
Each  day  they'll  pray  to  heaven, 

Nor  will  they  pray  in  vain. 
For  the  gods  will  watch  o'er  our  sturdy  bark. 

And  will  guide  her  home  again. 
Lords  of  the  waves,  etc. 

To  our  oars  we  bend  with  a  right  good  will. 

And  all  sorrow  leave  behind; 
As  the  white  wing'd  gulls  which  around  us  skim. 

We  are  racing  with  the  wind. 
And  when  our  foes  are  vanquished. 

And  we  return  once  more. 
Oh,  the  welcome  glad  they  will  greet  us  with. 

As  we  gain  the  long'd  for  shore ! 
Lords  of  the  waves,  etc. 


O  MOTHER  MINE 

Joseph  Rudyard  Kipling  William  Harold  Neidlinger 

1865  1863 

The  initial  appearance  of  "Mother  o'  Mine"  was  as 
a  dedicatory  poem  in  the  first  English  edition  of  "The 
Light  That  Failed,"  dated  1891;  but  it  was  not  included 
in  the  first  American  appearance  of  the  same  work  in 
Lippincott's  Magazine  for  January,  1 89 1 . 

Both  the  text  and  Mr.  Neidlinger's  music  possess  a 
ruggedness  and  virility  that  make  the  number  especially 
fitted  for  a  male  chorus. 

If  I  were  hang'd  on  the  highest  hill, 
I  know  whose  feet  would  follow  me  still, 
O  Mother  mine ! 

If  I  were  drown'd  in  the  deepest  sea, 
I  know  whose  tears  would  come  down  to  me, 
O  Mother  mine! 

If  I  were  damn'd  of  body  and  soul 
I  know  whose  pray'rs  would  make  me  whole, 
O  Mother  mine ! 


THE  FROG 

Frederic  Edward  Weatherly  Ernest  Newton 

1848 

Frederic  Weatherly,  formerly  a  coach  at  Oxford,  where 
he  graduated,  later  became  a  barrister  in  London;  but 
though  law  be  his  vocation,  he  has  devoted  himself  to 
literature  and  music  for  many  years.  His  publications 
include  numerous  books  for  children  and  many  well  known 
lyrics,  such  as  "Nancy  Lee,"  "They  All  Love  Jack," 
"The  Deathless  Army,"  "Douglas  Gordon"  and  "The 
Holy  City." 

Ernest  Newton  was  born  in  Wales  and  educated  at 
Cambridge.  His  musical  training  was  also  gained  in 
England.  He  is  the  composer  of  many  popular  songs, 
including  "Going  to  Kildare,"  "Nita  Gitana,"  and 
"  Ailsa  Mine"  (for  which  Mr.  Weatherly  wrote  the  words). 
Mr.  Newton  is  organist  of  St.  Thomas's  Church,  London, 
and  director  of  the  London  School  of  Pianoforte  Accom- 
paniment; he  is  also  Song  Editor  for  Novello  and  Com- 
pany, London. 

There  sat  a  frog  in  a  river  bed, 

Croak!  croak!  croak! 
"  I  wish  I  were  big  as  an  ox,"  he  said, 

"It  would  be  a  joke!" 

So  he  swelled  himself  out  as  a  little  frog  would. 

Puff!   puff!   puff! 
But  though  he  did  it  as  much  as  he  could. 

It  wasn't  enough! 

Then  sadly  down  in  the  bank  he  lay. 

Croak !   croak !   croak ! 
And  he  did  what  a  banker  sometime  may, 

He  broke!    Yes,  he  broke! 


KING  DEATH 

Bryan  Waller  Procter  Henry  Houseley 

1787-1874  1858 

While  Barry  Cornwall  (Procter's  nom-de-plume),  the 
author  of  "King  Death,"  is  classed  as  a  poet,  he  also 
produced  a  tragedy,  "Mirandola,"  performed  by  Kemble 
at  Covent  Garden,  "Essays  and  Tales  in  Prose,"  origin- 
ally contributed  to  annuals,  but  collected  in  1853,  and 
at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty,  his  delightful  "Charles  Lamb," 
a  memoir  (1866-68).  His  songs,  covering  a  wide  range 
of  themes,  number  nearly  three  hundred. 

Mr.  Houseley,  English  by  birth,  has  dwelt  in  Denver 
for  the  last  quarter  of  a  century,  and  there  has  devoted 
himself  indefatigably  to  his  art,  as  teacher,  composer, 
director  and  organist.  His  compositions  consist  of  two 
light  operas,  two  short  serious  operas,  church  cantatas, 
chamber  music,  symphonic  music  and  part-songs,  like 
"King  Death."  For  four  years  he  was  director  of  First 
Symphony  Orchestra  in  Denver.  At  present  he  is  director 
of  the  Denver  Choral  Society,  and  organist  and  musical 
director  of  St.  John's  Cathedral  and  Temple  Emanuel. 

King  Death  was  a  rare  old  fellow ! 

He  sate  where  no  sun  could  shine; 
And  he  lifted  his  hand  so  yellow, 

And  poured  out  his  coal-black  wine. 

There  came  to  him  many  a  maiden, 

Whose  eyes  had  forgot  to  shine; 
And  widows  with  grief  o'erladen, 

For  a  draught  of  his  sleepy  wine. 

The  scholar  left  all  his  learning, 

The  poet  his  fancied  woes ; 
And  the  beauty  her  bloom  returning. 

As  the  beads  of  the  black  wine  rose. 

All  came  to  the  royal  old  fellow, 
Who  laugh'd  'till  his  eyes  dropp'd  brine, 

As  he  gave  them  his  hand  so  yellow. 
And  pledg'd  them  in  Death's  black  wine. 

Hurrah  for  the  coal-black  wine! 


(a)  BOTSCHAFT 

Brahms 
Gentle  zephyrs,  wanton  softly  on  my  fair  one's  cheek  of 

roses. 
When  ye  toy  among  her  tresses,  rest  awhile  nor  fly  away. 
Then  if  she  perchance  should  ask  ye. 
How  I  bear  my  lot  of  sorrow, 
Say ;  with  tears  he  greets  the  morrow, 
And  the  pangs  of  absence  rend  him. 
But  if  thou  a  message  send  him, 
Joy  within  his  heart  will  waken. 
When,  oh  fairest,  when  he  knows  it  comes. 
Comes  from  thee. 


(6)   A  COUPLET— EUGENE  ONEGIN 

Tschaikowsky 
I  haf  one  couplet  here  vis  me — 
Mais  vere  wass  now  mademoiselle — 
She  muss  be  standing  before  me — 
Car  zis  couplet — was  made  for  she. 
A  ha !     Voil^  ze  Princess  of  zis  day, 
Mesdames — I  now  will  to  commence, 
I  beg  you  vill  not  en-ter-rupt — 

Ye  who  attend  this  charming  ball 
Come,  admire  ye  one  and  all, 
Her  for  whom  we  hold  this  festival. 
How  her  sweet  look  and  charming  face 
Shed  their  soft  radiance  o'er  this  place ! 
What  a  joy  to  see  such  charm,  such  grace. 
Shine  on  for  aye,  divine  Tatiana ! 


(c)  WINE  ON  THE  RHINE 

Ries 

Oh,  fill  the  bowl  with  Rhine  wine ! 

It  shines  so  fresh  and  clear, 
I ' ve  drunk  all  kinds  of  fine  wine 

For  many  a  happy  year.       w^ 
The  white  wine  and  the  ruddy 

Have  gleamed  in  sparkling  foam, 
I 'dplight  with  anybody 

The  nectar  draught  of  home. 
For  there  the  casks  are  bursting 

With  richest,  rarest  wine; 
Refreshment  for  the  thirsting 

Blooms  on  the  German  Rhine. 


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Fill  high  with  generous  wine  there 

The  Rhineland's  golden  prize; 
When  sheltered  by  the  vine  there 

One  deems  it  paradise. 
A  wondrous  tune  goes  ringing 

The  vale  and  hills  along; 
The  stream's  bright  waves  are  singing 

The  chorus  to  my  song. 
With  music  wine  caresses 

How  fair  the  moments  shine. 
Who  will  not  own  God's  blesses, 

The  Rhine,  the  German  Rhine ! 


THE  SONG  OF  THE  CAMP 

James  Bayard  Taylor  Humphrey  John  Stewart 

1825-1878  1856 

"The  Song  of  the  Camp"  is  grouped  with  Taylor's 
"Romances  and  Lyrics,"  which  was  first  published  in 
1852.  Mr.  Albert  H.  Smyth,  his  friendly  critic  in  World's 
Best  Literature,  says  of  him:  "He  has  real  lyric  genius, 
as  is  abundantly  shown  in  the  'Poems  of  the  Orient.' 
'The  Bedouin  Song' — paralleled  only  in  Shelley — and 
'The  Song  of  the  Camp'  are  two  lyrics  that  will  last  as 
long  as  anything  in  American  poetry." 

Upon  this  noble  foundation  Mr.  Stewart  has  built  a 
splendid  superstructure,  his  music  reflecting  the  strength 
and  tenderness  of  the  lines,  and  rendered  the  more  charm- 
ing by  the  artistic  use  of  the  quaint  melody,  "Annie 
Laurie." 

This  able  composition  was  written  for  the  Pittsburgh 
Male  Chorus,  and  won  the  prize  for  the  season  1911-1912. 

"Give  us  a  song,"  the  soldiers  cried. 

The  outer  trenches  guarding. 
When  the  heated  guns  of  the  camps  allied 

Grew  weary  of  bombarding. 

The  dark  Redan  in  silent  scoff 

Lay  grim  and  threat'ning  under; 
And  the  tawny  mound  of  the  Malakoff 

No  longer  belched  its  thunder. 

There  was  a  pause ;  a  guardsman  said : 

"We  storm  the  forts  tomorrow; 
Sing  while  we  may ;  another  day 

Will  bring  enough  of  sorrow." 

They  lay  along  the  batt'ry's  side. 

Below  the  smoking  cannon : 
Brave  hearts,  from  Severn  a  nd  from  Clyde, 

And  from  the  banks  of  Shannon. 


They  sang  of  love,  and  not  of  fame; 

Forgot  was  Britain's  glory : 
Each  heart  recalled  a  diff' rent  name, 

But  all  sang  "Annie  Laurie." 

Voice  after  voice  caught  up  the  song, 

Until  its  tender  passion 
Rose  like  an  anthem  rich  and  strong, 

Their  battle  eve  confession. 

Dear  girl,  her  name  he  dared  not  speak. 
But  as  the  song  grew  louder, 

Something  upon  the  soldier's  cheek 
Washed  off  the  stains  of  powder. 

Beyond  the  dark'ning  ocean  burned 
The  bloody  sunset's  embers. 

While  the  Crimean  valleys  learned 
How  English  love  remembers. 

And  once  again  a  fire  of  hell 
Rained  on  the  Russian  quarters. 

With  scream  of  shot,  and  burst  of  shell, 
And  bellowing  of  mortars. 

And  Irish  Nora's  eyes  are  dim 
For  a  singer,  dumb  and  gory. 

And  English  Mary  mourns  for  him 
Who  sang  of  Annie  Laurie. 

Sleep,  soldiers !  still  in  honored  rest 
Your  truth  and  valor  wearing : 

The  bravest  are  the  tenderest. 
The  loving  are  the  daring. 


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AVE  MARIA 

Ernst  Victor  Ernst  Nessler 

1841-1890 

Nessler  was  an  Alsatian  by  birth.  After  receiving  his 
early  training  at  Strassburg,  he  went  to  Leipsic,  the 
musical  mecca  of  that  period,  where  he  became  music 
director  at  the  State  Theater,  and  also  director  of  the 
Leipsic  Sangerbund.  He  wrote  many  operas  and  operet- 
tas, which  appealed  greatly  to  the  popular  taste.  Through 
his  "  Rattenf anger  von  Hameln"  (1879)  and  "Trompeter 
von  Sakkingen"  (1884),  as  well  as  several  of  his  songs 
and  male  choruses,  he  became  widely  known  and  greatly 
beloved  throughout  Germany. 

When  twilight  shades  are  falling 

O'er  meadow,  hill  and  dell. 

So  softly  sounds  the  bell 
To  ev'ning  prayer  us  calling. 

Ave  Maria ! 
Thee,  Virgin  pure,  we  praise  and  bless, 
Lx)ve*s  guiding  star  art  thou  for  us. 
That  opes  the  gates  of  happiness. 

Love,  thou  star  of  gladness. 

Whose  tender  light  doth  glow, 

That  into  joy  turns  woe. 
And  into  pleasure  sadness! 

Ave  Maria ! 
Thou  star  of  love,  thou  dost  relieve 
From  sorrow's  pang,  the  hearts  that  grieve. 
And  bid'st  them  blessings  still  receive. 

Evening  bells  are  ringing, 

And  night  comes  slowly  on; 

To  ev'ry  weary  one 
It  peaceful  rest  is  bringing. 

Ave  Maria ! 
Thou  Mary  mild,  be  ever  blest, 
O  lead  us  on  to  what  is  best, 
To  rest,  to  rest,  eternal  rest. 


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HYMN  TO  THE  MADONNA 

Franz  Kramer  Edward  Kremser 

d.  1901  1838 

English  version  by  Dr.  Th.  Baker 

Edward  Kremser  was  born  in  Vienna.  In  1869  he 
was  made  the  conductor  of  the  Vienna  Mannergesang- 
verein,  for  which  he  has  composed  many  choruses. 

The  poet,  Franz  Kramer,  was  a  member  of  the 
Mannergesangverein  from  1857  until  his  death,  and  he 
too  made  occasional  contributions  to  this  notable  society. 
As  a  writer  his  fame  was  confined  to  Austria.  After  his 
death  (in  1902)  a  collection  of  his  poems  was  publishedj 
under  the  title  "Traume  eines  entschlafenen  Sangers," 
and  was  dedicated  to  his  "Briidern  und  intimsten 
Freunden." 

With  all  my  weight  of  woes  unspoken. 

Let  me  before  Thee  bend  the  knee; 
Thou  hope  of  weary  hearts  and  broken, 

Madonna,  show  Thy  grace  to  me. 
On  Thee  I  call,  the  tears  are  falling 

From  out  mine  eyes  in  grateful  flow. 
And  heav'nly  voices  hear  I  calling: 

Do  not  despair,  O  child  of  woe. 

Within  my  breast  echoes  their  message. 

The  flow'r  of  faith  now  blooms  again. 
In  warm  devotion's  holy  presage. 

As  clouds  of  night  dissolve  my  pain. 
I  hear  a  sound  of  angel  voices. 

The  last  of  earthly  fetters  breaks ; 
My  longing  heart,  to  heav'n  upwinging. 

With  Thee  in  light  and  joy  awakes. 


INTERMISSION 


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THE  SON  OF  THE  PROPHET 

Jules  Chantepie  Jean-Baptiste  Faure 

d.  1885  1830 

English  version  by  Arranged  by 

H.  W.  Dulcken  Samuel  Richards  Gaines 

The  composer  of  this  number,  Jean-Baptiste  Faure, 
widely  known  as  a  dramatic  baritone  in  his  earlier  days, 
graduated  from  the  Paris  Conservatory  in  1850,  and 
made  his  debut  the  following  year  at  the  Opera  Comique. 
For  twenty-five  years  he  stood  in  the  first  rank  of  opera 
singers,  being  heard  in  America,  Italy,  Russia  and  Eng- 
land, as  well  as  in  his  native  country.  As  a  composer 
he  is  best  known  through  "The  Palms"  and  "The  Cruci- 
fix." This  venerable  man  now  resides  quietly  in  Paris, 
his  declining  years  no  doubt  sweetened  by  the  memory 
of  former  triumphs. 

Jules  Chantepie,  the  writer  of  this  lyric,  was  the 
author  of  two  novels,  "Dianora"  (1874)  and  "Les  Char- 
bonniers"  (1881).  In  1877  he  arranged  the  former  as 
an  opera  libretto,  and  the  opera  "Dianora^,"  music  by 
Samuel  Rousseau,  was  presented  at  the  Opera  Comique 
in  1879.  In  conjunction  with  MM.  d'Enery  and  Duma- 
noir,  he  also  wrote  the  libretto  for  Massenet's  opera 
"Don  Cesar  de  Bazan"  (1872).  "The  Son  of  the  Prophet" 
is  only  one  of  several  of  his  lyrics  which  M.  Faure  utilized 
in  writing  his  songs. 

He  hath  gone  by,  son  of  the  Prophet, 

Brandishing  sharp  death  in  his  hand ! 
And  fierce  like  as  bloweth  the  tempest. 

His  foes  hath  he  stretch'd  on  the  sand. 
And  oft  the  hoof  of  his  swift  courser 

Hath  spum'd  the  nations  and  their  kings. 
And  still,  while  marching  triumphant, 

His  chains  o'er  the  fair  East  he  flings! 

Through  plains  of  Asia  wide  and  bounteous. 

He  rolleth  forth  the  tide  of  war ; 
And  plants  on  worlds,  till  now  unconquer'd, 

His  standard  bright  that  gleams  afar. 
Forth  from  his  home  in  distant  regions. 

Forth  he  doth  journey  like  the  sun ; 
Never  the  mountains  and  the  valleys. 

Saw  such  a  storm  as  then  begun. 
Oh!  great  in  the  peacetime,  great  in  the  wartime. 

He  still  doth  reign,  right  strong  and  proud. 
Bright  in  its  shine,  to  symbol  light  that  is  divine, 

The  crescent  o'er  him  gleams  abroad! 


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Ten  hundred  years  he's  seen  of  triumph, 

Ten  hundred  years  he's  seen  of  strife; 
And  now  from  his  throne  of  fierce  glory, 

He  looketh  down  on  subject  life. 
From  Nile  to  where  Sarmatia  lieth, 

From  great  Babel's  walls  to  Tunis  gate; 
Far  as  from  Danube  to  Euphrates 

His  all  hath  been  declared  by  Fate! 

In  lands  where  gleam  the  rays  of  morning, 

Stamboul  hath  ris'n  in  glory  bright; 
It  flourisheth  in  fairer  beauty 

Than  when  in  ancient  splendor  dight. 
There  still  he  watches  in  his  pow'r. 

Conquering  still,  now  in  peace  he's  shown. 
For  now  his  mighty  race  he  leadeth. 

Mid  peaceful  progress  boldly  on. 

Oh !  great  in  the  peacetime,  etc. 


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SLEEPTIME 

George  Vere  Hobart  Frank  Edwin  Ward 

1867  1872.     Opus  21,  No.  1 

George  V.  Hobart,  the  popular  author  and  playwright, 
was  bom  and  educated  in  Nova  Scotia.  In  the  States 
he  first  followed  the  career  of  journalist  in  New  York 
and  Baltimore,  but  later  became  a  prolific  writer  of  plays 
and  comic  opera  libretti.  This  little  poem,  "Sleeptime," 
was  written  in  the  closing  years  of  the  last  century,  and 
appeared  first  in  the  Baltimore  American.  Besides  Mr, 
Ward's  composition,  it  has  been  set  to  music  by  Mr. 
Raymond  Hubbell,  and  was  sung  in  the  Ziegfeld  Follies 
of  1913-14. 

Mr.  Frank  Ward,  who  resides  in  New  York  City,  has 
composed  many  songs,  anthems  and  instrumental  pieces. 
Since  1902  he  has  been  organist  and  choirmaster  at 
Columbia  University,  as  well  as  at  Temple  Israel,  and 
since  1906,  has  held  a  similar  position  at  Church  of  Holy 
Trinity. 

Sun  am  dess  a  golden  ball 

A  sinkin*  in  de  west; 
De  bull-frog  am  a  singin'  to 

De  one  he  love  de  best ; 
An'  at  daylight  a'm  a  gwine  home 

To  take  a  little  rest; 
Sing-a-low  mah  black-eye  rascal 
Sing-a-low !    Sing-a-low ! 

Little  clouds  am  runnin'  kase 

Dah  mammy  tol'  em  to; 
De  whip-po-will  am  chunin'  up 

A  song  fo'  me  an'  yo' ; 
An'  a  sky  am  feelin'  happy  kase 

De  stars  am  peepin'  frew 
Sing-a-low  mah  black-eye  rascal 

Sing-a-low !    Sing-a-low ! 

Wind  am  makin'  music  fo' 

De  trees  upon  de  hill ; 
Owls  am  dess  a  wakin'  up 

Down  yonder  by  de  mill ; 
Shadows  comin'  roun'  to  see 

Ef  yo'  is  keepin'  still, 
Sing-a-low  mah  black-eye  rascal, 

Sing-a-low !    Sing-a-low ! 


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THE  CRUISKEEN  LAWN 

Dedicated  to  Clarence  Dickinson  and  The  Mendelssohn 
Club  of  New  York 

Arranged  by 
Old  Irish  Victor  Herbert 

1859 

Victor  Herbert,  our  well-known  conductor  and  com- 
poser, although  devoting  himself  principally  to  serious 
music  in  the  larger  forms,  paused  long  enough  in  his  labors 
last  year  to  arrange  this  little  Irish  ditty,  found  on  his 
native  heath,  Dublin — and  give  it  to  the  musical  public. 
The  poem  is  characteristically  Hibernian,  being  an  ode 
to  the  full  jug.  In  their  "Treasury  of  Irish  Poetry," 
Brooke  and  Rallston  say  of  it,  "It  would  be  different  to 
imagine  a  more  jovial,  sly,  rollicking  and  altogether  irre- 
sistible bacchanalian  song  than  the  immortal  'Cruiskeen 
Lawn.'  The  English  words  and  the  Irish  blend  together 
most  happily. 
The  refrain: 

Gra  ma  chree  ma  cruiskeen, 

Slainte  geal  ma  voumeen, 

Gra  ma  chree  a  coolin  bawn. 

May  be  rendered : 

Love  of  my  heart,  my  little  jug, 
Bright  health  to  my  darling ! 
The  love  of  my  heart  is  her  fair  hair ! 
(referring  to  the  foam  on  top.) 

The  origin  of  the  poem  is  lost  in  obscurity.  It  probably 
sprang  up,  in  its  present  form,  in  the  convivial  circles  of 
18th  century  Ireland,  and  no  doubt  has  a  reminiscence  of 
some  Gaelic  original." 

Mr.  Herbert  has  utilized  only  half  of  the  poem,  there 
being  four  stanzas  in  all. 

Let  the  farmer  praise  his  grounds. 
Let  the  hunter  praise  his  hounds. 

And  the  shepherd  his  sweet  scented  lawn; 
But  I ,  more  blest  than  they 
Spend  each  happy  night  and  day 

With  my  charming  little  cruiskeen  lawn. 
Oh,  my  smiling  little  cruiskeen  lawn. 

Gra  ma  chree  ma  cruiskeen 

Slainte  geal  ma  voumeen 
Gra  ma  chree  a  coolin  bawn. 

Immortal  and  divine. 
Great  Bacchus,  god  of  wine. 

Create  me  by  adoption  your  son; 
In  hope  that  you'll  cornply, 
That  my  glass  shall  ne'er  run  dry, 

Nor  my  smiling,  little  Cruiskeen  Lawn. 

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(a)  BEFORE  THE  DAWN  Meyer 

In  the  hush  of  the  mom,  before  the  sun, 

I  waken  to  think  of  thee, 
And  all  the  bright  day  thus  begun, 

As  hallow'd  seems  to  be. 
In  the  holy  repose  the  morning  star. 

With  trembling  awaits  the  sun. 
And  thus  my  heart  if  near  or  far, 

Awaits  thee,  dearest  one. 
In  a  golden  ecstacy  of  bliss, 

The  fair  morning  star  will  die, 
But  I,  immortal  by  thy  kiss. 

Live,  live  but  when  thou  art  nigh. 

(6)  CONDESCEND  Mac  Farlane 

Bend  to  me  lovely  rose, 

On  me  thy  gaze  repose. 
So  shall  thy  perfume  waft  me  on  love's  streams. 
So  shall  thy  beauty  haunt  all  my  dreams. 

Ope  to  me  lovely  rose. 

To  me  thy  heart  disclose. 
Then  in  thy  petals  softly  enfold  me; 
So  shall  we  mingle  my  heart  in  thine. 

(c)      THE  PIPES  OF  GORDON'S  MEN 

William  G.  Hammond 
Home  comes  a  lad  with  the  bonnie  hair. 
And  the  kilted  plaid  that  the  hillclans  wear; 
And  you  hear  the  mother  say, 
"Whear  ha'  ye  bin,  my  Laddie,  whear  ha'  ye 

bin  th'  day?" 
"Oh!  I  ha'  bin  wi'  Gordon's  men; 

Dinna  ye  hear  the  bagpipes  play  ? 
And  I  followed  the  soldiers  across  the  green. 
And  doon  th'  road  ta  Aberdeen. 

And  when  I  'm  a  man,  my  mother, 
And  th'  grenadiers  parade, 

I'll  be  marchin'  there  wi'  my  father's  pipes. 
And  I'll  wear  the  red  cockade." 

'Neath  the  Soudan's  sky  ye  ken  the  smoke, 
As  the  clans  reply  when  the  tribesmen  spoke. 

And  then  the  charge  roars  by ! 
The  death-sweat  clings  to  the  kilted  form  that 
the  stretcher  brings. 

And  the  iron-nerved  surgeons  say, 
"Whear  ha'  ye  bin,  my  Laddie,  whear  ha'  ye  bin 
th]_day?" 

"Oh!  I  ha'  bin  wi'  Gordon's  men; 
Dinna  ye  hear  th'  bag-pipes  play? 

And  I  piped  the  clans  from  the  river  barge 

Across  the  sands  and  through  the  charge. 
And  I  skirled  the  pibroch  keen  and  high. 
But  the  pipes  bin  broke  and  my  lips  bin  dry." 

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THE  RED  MAN'S  DEATH  CHANT 

PETER  AND  HIS  TEETER-TAUTER 

A  DEVASTATING  STORM 

Philip  Paul  Bliss 
1872 

Mr.  Paul  Bliss,  of  Cincinnati,  is  becoming  more  widely 
known  each  year  through  his  musical  compositions,  in 
which  he  shows  a  decided  penchant  towards  male  chorus 
music. 

Mr.  Bliss  has  contributed  the  words  as  well  as  the  music 
for  "The  Red  Man's  Death  Chant,"  and  "A  Devastating 
Storm."  These  two  songs,  which  have  been  presented 
on  previous  occasions  by  the  Mendelssohn  Club,  are  virile 
in  style,  and  show  to  a  marked  degree  the  writer's  ability 
to  write  program  music. 

"Peter  and  His  Teeter-Tauter"  is  from  the  pen  of 
Miss  Estelle  hi.  Kerr,  of  Toronto,  and  is  one  of  nineteen 
poems  from  her  little  book  entitled  "Little  Sam  in  Volen- 
dam."  Miss  Kerr  is  a  well  known  young  artist,  who, 
having  studied  painting  in  New  York  and  Paris,  has  de- 
voted herself  professionally  to  the  art  for  the  last  seven 
years.  During  one  of  her  summer  trips  abroad,  while 
sketching  in  Holland,  she  was  inspired  to  produce  "Little 
Sam  in  Volendam,"  doing  the  illustrations  herself. 

Miss  Kerr  is  also  a  contributor  to  some  of  the  leading 
magazines  on  this  continent  (principally  of  children's 
stories  and  rhymes),  and  edits  a  children's  page  in  a 
Canadian  weekly.  In  fact,  whether  with  brush  or  pen,  she 
is  at  her  best  in  the  interpretation  of  child  life. 

THE  RED  MAN'S  DEATH  CHANT. 

Wild  rush  of  blood  in  my  veins. 

Fierce  gleam  of  hate  in  my  eye, 
As  I  gaze  on  the  hot  dry  plains. 

And  know  that  I  must  die. 

Brave  chiefs  of  days  long  gone  by, 

Curs'd,  crush'd  and  swept  from  the  land. 

On  the  waste  of  the  wilds  I  lie. 
And  Death,  grim  Death  at  hand. 

Great  Spirit,  I  am  alone ; 

Blood,  red  blood,  do  I  see. 
And  I  curse,  with  my  last  deep  moan. 

The  foes  that  search  for  me — ^ugh! 


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PETER  AND  HIS  TEETER-TAUTER. 

Peter  had  a  teeter-tauter, 

And  one  day  the  miller's  daughter 

Came  around  to  play  with  Peter. 

So  he  taught  her  how  to  teeter. 

Martje  liked  to  teeter-tauter, 

But  she  rather  felt  she  ought  to 
Go  to  school ;  but  wicked  Peter 
said,  "Oh,  no,  please  stay  and  teeter!" 

But  the  teacher  came  and  caught  her, 
Martje  thought  that  she  would  beat  her. 
But  that  naughty  little  Peter 
Taught  her  teacher  how  to  teeter. 


A  DEVASTATING  STORM 

Hark !  The  storm  draws  near. 

It  blows,  howls !     It  shrieks,  thunders,  roars  overhead ! 

The  heavens  clear; 

Upon  the  pavement,  cold  and  still,  a  little  worm  lies 
dead! 


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THE  NUN  OF  NIDAROS 

To  the  Cymric  Vocal  Union,  Liverpool,  England. 
Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow      Daniel  Williams  Protheroe 
1807-1882  1866.     Opus  63 

The  Saga  of  King  Olaf,  which  cx)nstitute  the  major 
portion  of  the  first  part  of  "Tales  of  a  Wayside  Inn," 
were  written  at  first  with  the  design  of  independent  publi- 
cation. Nearly  two  years  after  the  idea  first  occurred  to 
him,  Longfellow  took  up  the  task  in  earnest,  then,  in 
November,  1860,  "with  all  kinds  of  interruptions",  he 
says,  he  wrote  fifteen  of  the  lyrics  in  as  many  days,  and  a 
few  days  afterward  completed  the  whole  of  the  Saga. 
Meanwhile  one  of  the  lyrics  had  been  printed,  along  with 
the  legend  of  "Rabbi  Ben  Levi."  The  first  of  the  Tales, 
in  complete  form,  was  published  November  25,  1863. 

"The  Nun  of  Nidaros,"  the  last  lyric  in  the  Saga,  like 
the  rest  of  the  group  is  dramatic  and  rich  in  legendary 
interest, — qualities  which  are  skilfully  handled  in  Mr. 
Protheroe's  spirited  musical  setting. 

In  the  convent  of  Drontheim, 
Alone  in  her  chamber 
Knelt  Astrid,  the  Abbess, 
At  midnight,  adoring, 
Beseeching,  entreating 
The  Virgin  and  Mother. 

She  heard  in  the  silence 
The  voice  of  one  speaking 
Without,  in  the  darkness. 
In  gusts  of  the  night-wind, 
Now  louder,  now  nearer. 
Now  lost  in  the  distance. 

The  voice  of  a  stranger 
It  seemed  as  she  listened; 
Of  some  one  who  answered, 
Beseeching,  imploring, 
A  cry  from  afar  off, 
She  could  not  distinguish. 

The  voice  of  St.  John, 
The  beloved  disciple, 
Who  wandered  and  waited 
The  Master's  appearance. 
Alone  in  the  darkness, 
Unsheltered  and  friendless. 

"It  is  accepted. 

The  angry  defiance. 

The  challenge  of  battle ! 

It  is  accepted. 

But  not  with  the  weapons 

Of  war  that  thou  wieldest! 

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"Cross  against  corselet, 
Love  against  hatred, 
Peace-cry  for  war-cry ! 
Patience  is  powerful ; 
He  that  o'ercometh 
Hath  power  o'er  the  nations ! 

"As  torrents  in  summer. 
Half  dried  in  their  channels, 
Suddenly  rise,  though  the 
Sky  is  still  cloudless, 
For  rain  has  been  falling 
Far  off  at  their  fountains; 

"So  hearts  that  are  fainting 
Grow  full  to  o'erflowing, 
And  they  that  behold  it 
Marvel,  and  know  not 
That  God  at  their  fountains 
Far  off  has  been  raining! 

"Stronger  than  steel 
Is  the  sword  of  the  Spirit; 
Swifter  than  arrows 
The  light  of  the  truth  is. 
Greater  than  anger 
Is  love,  and  subdueth! 

"Thou  art  a  phantom, 

A  shape  of  the  sea-mist, 

A  shape  of  the  brumal 

Rain,  and  the  darkness 

Fearful  and  formless ; 

Day  dawns,  and  thou  art  not! 

"The  dawn  is  not  distant. 
Nor  is  the  night  starless; 
LxDve  is  eternal ! 
God  is  still  God,  and 
His  faith  shall  not  fail  us; 
Christ  is  eternal!" 


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CHICAGO  MENDELSSOHN  CLUB 
HARRISON  M.  WILD.  Musical  Conductor 

OFFICERS 

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1301  E.  60th  Street 

Geo.  G.  Powers      ....         Vice-President 
3719  Pine  Grove  Ave. 

H.  F.  Grabo  ......         Secretary 

323  South  Wabash  Ave.  (Baldwin  Co.) 

J.  Wheldon  Williams    ....         Treasurer 
Harris  Safe  Deposit  Co. 

Edgar  F.  Waite     .....  Librarian 

323  South  Wabash  Ave. 

DIRECTORS 

Edward  M.  Kerwin  Elwood  A.  Emery 

F.  C.  Atwill  Louis  J.  Thiele 

MEMBERSHIP  COMMITTEE 

Hyde  W.  Perce  (Chairman) 
Walter  R.  Root  C.  L.  Neu 

Ernest  Peacock  H.  M.  Wild 

AUDITING  COMMITTEE 
F.  F.  Bradley  Ernest  D.  Dewey 

J.  F.  Merrill 

Accompanist  Organist 

Calvin  F.  Lampert  Arthur  Dunham 

Honorary  Member 
D.  A.  Clippinger 

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ACTIVE  MEMBERS 


Anderson,  John  G. 
Atwill,  Fenwick  C. 

Baker,  Howard 
Bradley,  Franklin  F. 
Burton,  H.  P. 

Champlin,  Chas.  F. 
Chambers,  Walter  H. 
Cole,  Jirah  D. 
Cooper,  Frank  B. 
Cork,  William  H. 
Crabbs,  Elmer  J. 

Davis,  Robert  J. 
Dewey,  Ernest  D. 

Emery,  Elwood  A. 

Framke,  Walter  A. 
Frank,  Fred  W. 

Glendenning,  Thos.  D. 
Grabo,  H.  F. 

Hogan,  Geo,  R. 
Howard,  Frank  A. 

lott,  George  H. 

Johnson,  Chas.  J. 
Johnson,  W.  E. 
Jones,  Arthur  W. 

Kendrick,  Jos.  J. 
Kerwin,  Edward  M. 
King,  Chas.  A. 
King,  J.  R. 

Lehnhard,  John  L. 
Lindsay,  Wm.  W. 
Llewellyn,  A.  J. 
Lord,  Dr.  Arthur  E. 
Lott.  Herbert  C. 


Lund,  Rene  S. 

McGill,  Albert  G. 
McKay,  Paul  W. 

Merrill,  John  F. 
Millard,  Harry  N. 

Nelson,  Clarence  H. 
Neu,  Clarence  L. 
Newman,  Alfred 

Payne,  Lon  P, 
Peacock,  Ernest 
Peirce,  W.  G.  E. 
Perce,  Hyde  W. 
Pither,  Thos.  H, 
Plasman,  John  B. 
Powers,  Cjco.  G. 
Prentiss,  E.  C. 

Roberts,  Edward  D. 
RoUo,  Louis  E. 
Root,  Frank  K. 
Root,  Walter  R. 

Schaubel,  Will.  C. 
Seabrook,  Wm. 
Shea,  John  A. 
Sheffield,  Henry 
Spahn,  Louis 
Steel,  Sanger  B. 
Strawbridge,  C.  H. 

Thiele,  Louis  J. 
Tracy,  Frank  E. 

Uhlemann,  Wm.  R. 

Waite,  Edgar  F. 
Weary,  Allen  M. 
Whittlesey,  Derwent 
Williams,  J.  Wheldon 
Wilson,  Blake  H. 


WAITING  LIST 
Clissold,  Edwd.  T.  Fraley,  Geo.  W. 


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RETIRED  MEMBERS 


Bogle,  Fred.  M. 
Boorn.  W.  C. 
Barnard,  Frank 

Fearis,  J.  S. 

Hiatt.  H.  I. 
Hobbs,  Glenn  M. 

King,  Herbert 
Kurtz,  Joseph  H. 

Larkin,  Dr.  W.  F. 

Morck,  K.  E. 

Noyes,  David  A. 


O'Brien,  Wm.  V. 

Phelps,  Cassius  H. 
Pope,  Geo.  J. 

Ranous,  Arthur  H. 
Root.  Fredk.  W. 
Ross,  Samuel 

Summy,  Clayton  F. 

Todd,  Ernest  O. 

Wessels,  Geo.  F. 
Williams.  Dr.  W.  C. 


LIST  OF  BOX  HOLDERS 


Baldwin  Co.,  The 
Beaton,  David,  Jr. 
Butler,  Edward  B. 
Bumaby,  Frank  H. 
Boisot,  Emil  K. 

Cattell,  Archibald 
Cooke,  Geo.  J. 
Clany,  John 

Dickinson,  H.  C. 

Eddy.  A.  D. 

Forbes,  C.  F. 
Forgan,  James  B. 

Glessner,  J.  J. 
Grower,  Wm.  F. 

Hart,  Harry 


Haskell,  Fredk.  T. 
Hutchinson,  C.  L. 

Kerwin.  Chas.  C. 
Kerwin,  Mrs.  M.  W. 

Lipkau,  Mrs.  L.  E. 

McCormick,  Mrs.  H. 

Norton,  O.  W. 
Nuveen,  John 

Strotz,  Chas.  N. 
Sunny,  B.  E. 

TTiorne,  Wm.  C. 
Thornton,  E.  A. 

Wild,  Harrison  M. 
Wise,  W.  H. 


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PERMANENT  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Abbey,  C.  L. 
Andrus,  Mrs.  E.  H. 
Arnold.  A.  H. 
Arnold.  J.  J. 


Bailey,  Edward  P. 
Barnes.  Mrs.  Chas.  O. 
Barrett,  Miss  Margaret  F. 
Bartlett,  W.  G. 
Beattys,  W.  H.,  Jr. 
Becker.  Benj.  V. 
Belding.  Mrs.  E.  S. 
Belknap,  Wm.  D. 
Benedict,  S.  A. 
Blair.  Mrs.  Geo.  P. 
Blatchford.  Paul 
Blood,  Miss  Mary  A. 
Bogen,  Allen  W. 
Bogert,  W.  B. 
Bogle,  Fred.  M. 
Bond.  Geo.  N. 
Boorn,  W.  C. 
Brack,  H.  J. 

Brady.  Miss  M.  Arabella 
Brown,  Chas.  A. 
Bruce.  H.  B.  R. 
Bryant,  Mrs.  Anna  Groff 
Burch,  E.  H. 
Bush,  H.  A. 


Caldwell,  Dr.  Chas.  P. 
Champlin,  Chas.  F. 
Clark,  Geo.  M. 
Clark,  Robert  K. 
Connell,  Jos,  A. 
Cooper,  Frank  B. 
Cork.  W.  H. 
Coxe,  Calvin  S. 
Cragg.  Geo.  L. 
Crane,  Mrs.  R.  T. 
Custer.  Mrs.  J.  R. 


Davis.  James 
Davis,  Wm.  S. 
Delaney,  Thos.  F. 
Donnersberger,  Frank 
EXjtton,  Robert  S. 


Edwards,  W.  H. 
Ellinwood,  H.  M. 

Farr,  A.  G. 

Farrar,  Mrs.  Arthur  C. 
Farwell,  Mrs.  John  A. 
Fearis,  J.  S, 
Felix.  B.  B. 
Fogel.  Reuben  W. 
Fortune,  John  L. 
Foster,  F.  E. 
Framke,  Walter  A. 
Francis,  William 


Gaither.  O.  S. 
Gamble  Hinged  Music  Co. 
Garton,  Samuel  B. 
Glenn,  Walter  D. 
Glidden,  H.  Coy 
Goes,  Mrs.  Chas.  B. 
Goodnow,  C.  H. 
Goodwillie,  D.  L. 
Grabo,  Mrs.  H.  F. 
Grosvenor,  Dr.  W.  F. 
Gunthorpe,  Walter  J. 

Hall,  A.  S. 
Harger.  A.  V. 
Harrison.  M.  W. 
Hartmann,  Adolph 
Harwood.  F.  L. 
Henschen,  Henry  S. 
Herhold,  G.  F. 
Hiatt,  H.  I. 
Hobbs,  Glenn  M. 
Holden,  Joseph  S. 
Holdom,  Hon.  Jesse 
Holt,  Chas.  S. 
Holton,  B.  L. 
Hosmer,  Joseph  W. 
Houge.  C.  J. 
Howe.  Warren  D. 
Hulst.  Geo.  C. 


Jack,  M.  D. 
Jacoby.  J.  S. 
James,  Edward  A. 


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PERMANENT  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Jones,  Miss  Amy  Keith 

Kimball,  Ernest  M. 
King,  Herbert 
King.  J.  R. 
Klee,  Max 
Kleppisch,  O.  A. 
Knox.  R.  H. 
Konsberg,  A.  V. 
Krohmer,  Wm.  F. 
Kuntz,  John 
Kurtz,  Jos.  H. 


Lathrop,  Bryan 
Lauerman,  Wm. 
Layman,  David  T.,  Jr. 
Lord,  B.  P. 


McConnell,  Alexander 
McKinley,  Wm. 
McKinney,  Robt.  M. 
McNally.  J.  V. 


MacRae,  T.  B. 
Mann,  Everett  Brooks 
Mann,  Mrs.  E.  P. 
Marx,  Fred.  Z. 
Meadows,  F.  W. 
Merrell,  John  H. 
Merrill,  Miss  Josephine 
Miller,  R.  T.,  Jr. 
Moeng,  E.  D. 
Moffett,  Willard 
Moorehead,  Dr.  F.  B. 
Mosser,  Stacy  C. 
Mueller,  Paul  F.  P. 
Myers,  H.  T. 

Nelson,  Edgar  A. 
Neu,  Clarence  L. 
Nourse,  D.  M. 
Noyes,  David  A. 

O'Brien,  J.  Franklin 
O'Brien,  Wm.  V. 


Ochsner,  Mrs.  A.  J. 
Olson,  Albert  O. 
Otis,  J.  E. 
Otis,  Philo  A. 

Parker,  Dr.  Ralph  W. 
Payne,  John  Barton 
Pearl,  Allen  S. 
Peck,  Miss  Violet  S. 
Plummer,  Dr.  S.  C. 
Pope,  Geo.  J. 
Pope.  Henry  P. 
Potthoff.  M.  A. 

Ranous,  Arthur  H. 
Raymer.  Walter  J. 
Redfern,  J.  N. 
Reed,  Clark  S. 
Reynolds.  Geo.  M. 
Root,  Frederick  W. 
Ross,  Samuel 
Rothermel,  W.  H. 

Saida,  F.  G. 
Schmidt,  Mrs.  O.  L. 
Schneider.  Chas. 
Shamel.  Clarence  A. 
Shellman.  W.  H. 
Shipman,  Geo.  E. 
Spahn,  Louis 
Spink.  F.  A. 
Sprague,  A.  A.,  2d 
Stay  man,  Ralph  J. 
Steward,  Wm.  T. 
Stewart,  A.  G. 
Stiger,  Chas.  W. 
Stone,  G.  M. 
Strawn,  Silas  H. 
Summy,  Clayton  F. 

Thiele,  Louis  J. 
Thomson,  George  R. 
Todd,  Ernest  O. 

Underbill,  Lee 

Vastine,  Sedgwick  S. 
Vierling,  Miss  Clara  J. 


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PERMANENT  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Vierling,  Louis 
Vose,  Frederick  P. 


Waite.  E.  B. 
Waite,  Edgar  F. 
Warner,  E.  P. 
Warren,  Wm.  S. 
Watson,  Geo.  E. 
Watt,  Howard  M. 
Webb.  Geo.  D. 
Webster,  W.  Dix 


Wendell,  Miss  Josephine  A. 
Wessels,  Geo.  F. 
West,  Harold 
Williams,  Clifford  H. 
Williams,  Dr.  W.  C. 
Willott,  H.  J. 
Willott,  John  R. 
Wing,  DeWitt  C. 
Wood,  Kay 
Woodward,  Mrs.  Estelle  C. 

Young,  Gen.  Edward  C. 


ANNUAL  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Agler,  O.  O. 
Ahrensfeld,  Geo.  W. 
Allen,  A.  F. 
Allen,  Amos  G. 
Anderson,  Miss  May  L. 
Anderson,  Carl 
Anderson,  J.  E. 
Atwill,  Fenwick  C. 

Bailey.  E.  W. 
Baldwin,  L.  C. 
Ball,  D.  H. 
Bannister,  Mrs.  H.  T. 
Baranowski,  Miss  Helen 
Barnard,  Frank 
Bartholomay.  Mrs.  Henry 
Bassford,  L.  C, 
Belcher,  Henry  F. 
Bell,  Miss  Clara 
Benedict,  Allan  B. 
Benedict,  Mrs.  Geo.  H. 
Bennett,  L.  P. 
Berry,  Miss  Nellie 
Beveridge,  J.  T. 
Bevington,  E.  L. 
Bingham,  Harold  C. 
Blake,  Cyrus  K. 
Blaine,  Mrs.  Emmons 
Blair,  Miss  M.  M. 
Bliss,  J.  P. 
Borland,  Dr.  L.  C. 
Bowen,  Edwin  B. 
Bowers,  James  F. 
Brayton.  G.  H. 


Breidert.  H.  C. 
Bremner.  D.  F..  Jr. 
Broberg,  C.  J. 
Brown,  Fredk.  L. 
Brundage,  Chester  L. 
Brush,  Mrs.  E.  H. 
Burke,  Mrs.  D.  F. 
Burley,  Clarence  A. 
Bumham,  Mrs.  Clara  L. 
Butler,  Mrs.  Estelle  A. 
Byrnes,  Edwd.  D. 

Cameron,  Wm.  F. 
Carpenter,  Dr.  G.  O.,  D.O. 
Carr,  Miss  Alice  M. 
Carr,  Charles  A. 
Carroll,  Gertrude  M. 
Carstenn,  Theodore 
Casebeer,  Charles 
Casgrain,  Geo.  D. 
Cassidy,  J.  P. 
Chamberlain,  Prof.  C.  J. 
Chapin,  Miss  Lilian 
Cheney,  N.  H. 
Childs,  Guy 
Choir  of  St.  Paul's  P.  E. 

Church,  Kenwood 
Church,  John  Co. 
Clancey,  William 
Clancy,  Mrs.  Thos. 
Clinch,  R.  Floyd 
Clissold,  Edwd.  T. 
Colvin,  Miss  Jessie 


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ANNUAL  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Cortis,  Richard 
Crabbs,  Elmer  J. 
Cronkrite,  Carlon  V.  W. 
Crosby,  Miss  Edna  L. 
Cross,  C.  L. 
Crow,  L.  W. 
Cureton,  Miss  E. 
Cushman,  C.  E. 

Dahl,  Miss  Alma  C. 
Dahlen,  Ernest  J. 
Dahlstrom,  Miss  Margaret 
Dale,  H.  S. 
Daley,  Fred  A. 
Darlington,  Harry 
Darrow,  Lewis  B. 
Daughaday,  Hamilton 
Davies,  John  E. 
Davis,  R.  L. 
Deeves,  Griffin  H. 
Defebaugh,  E.  H. 
Dennison,  Fred  A. 
Dewey,  Dr.  Richard 
Dierssen,  Ewald  W. 
Ditzler,  Guy  E. 
Dodd,  Miss  Beatrice 
Dodd,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Dodd,  L.  H. 
Dodd,  Miss  Maude 
Dreiske,  H.  O. 
EXitton,  Miss  Charlotte  R. 

Ehrat,  A. 
Embree,  J.  W. 
Emery,  J. 
Emery,  James  H. 
Engleman,  Abel 
Erskine,  Miss  Edith 
Evans,  David 

Fathauer,  Theodore 
Fieber,  Miss  L.  M. 
Finn,  Rev.  Wm.  J. 
Fish,  Frank  F. 
Fisher,  F.  J. 
Flannigan,  Cornelius 
Fletcher,  Percy 
Foltz,  Miss  Bessie  M. 
Forbes,  Frank  G. 


Foster,  Winslow  H. 
Foulke,  Miss  Grace 
Fowler,  M.  M. 
Fox,  Wm.  A. 

Gallagher,  John  A. 

Gamble,  E.  S. 

Gilman,  Geo.  P. 

Gils,  D.  Henry 

Glaser,  F.  P. 

Goodrich,  MissS.  Josephine 

Grant,  David 

Green,  Miss  Margaret  L. 

Green,  M.  S. 

Greenebaum,  W.  E. 

Gregertsen  Bros. 

Griffith,  Geo.  D. 

Grosvenor,  Miss  D. 

Grove,  Miss  Lillian 


Hale,  R.  A. 
Halpin,  J.  F. 
Hanson,  Harvey  L. 
Harris,  E.  T. 
Hawk,  Miss  J.  B. 
Hayden,  Harvey  S. 
Healy,  Paul  J. 
Heitman,  F.  J. 
Henry,  E.  J. 

Herdien,  Mrs.  Mabel  Sharp 
Heron,  Samuel  J. 
Herrick,  Willis  S. 
Hettler,  Hermann  H. 
Hill,  Charles  B. 
Hinkle,  Orris  T. 
Hirschberg,  Rev.  A. 
HoUister,  Franklin  C. 
Hoffman,  Miss  M. 
Hogge,  Miss  Alice  E. 
Hostetter,  Miss  Adele 
How,  Ashley  P. 
Hubbard,  Lyman  J. 
Huelsman,  R.  C. 
Huff.  Mrs.  Thos.  D. 
Huhn,  Edgar 
Hunt,  Walter  Y.  C. 
Hutchinson,  J.  W. 
Huxhold,  F.  A. 


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ANNUAL  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Jenks,  A.  L. 
Johns,  Robert 
Johnson,  F.  L.,  Jr, 
Johnson,  Mrs.  A.  T. 
Johnson,  Charles  J. 
Jones,  J.  Harry 


Kimball,  W.  W.  Co. 
King,  Frank  L. 
King,  J.  R. 
Knapp,  Thomas 
Knight,  Mrs.  Lucella 
Knudson,  Oscar 
Kotz,  J.  Lewis 
Kruizenga,  Martin  B. 


Larkin,  Dr.  W.  F. 
Lambert,  Mrs.  S.  S. 
Lawrence,  Miss  E. 
Liebling,  Emil 
Loesch,  Frank  J. 
Loper,  C.  D. 
Lord,  Dr.  A.  E. 
Lowe,  Perley 
Lutz,  L.  C. 
Lyon  62  Healy 


Mackie,  A.  Geo. 
MacLean,  M.  H. 
MacLeod,  Murdoch 
Mahnke,  William 
Manning,  E.  R. 
Markham,  Robert 
Markstrom,  F.  A. 
Marsh,  J.  G. 
Marshall,  Geo.  E. 
Masheck,  V.  E. 
Merrill,  Miss  Florence 
Mickle,  Geo.  T. 
Miller,  Alexander  E. 
Miller,  John  B. 
Miniter,  Mrs.  P.  J. 
Morck,  K.  E. 
Moe,  Miss  Anna 
Morgan,  Miss  M.  L. 
Morris,  T.  H. 
Mountain,  John  T. 


McClure,  Miss  Letha  L. 
McClure,  W.  J. 
McGlinn,  Miss  Agnes 
Mcllvaine,  W.  B. 
Mcllvaine,  Wm.  D. 
McKinnon,  M.  R. 
McMullen,  F.  B. 


Najdowski,  Peter 
Neglade,  Miss  Jennie 
Nelson,  Clarence  H. 
Netterstrom,  O.  J. 
Nettles,  Miss  Georgia 
Newey,  William 
Newton,  Arthur  W. 
Norman,  Dan 
Norton,  O.  W. 
Noyes,  Thos.  S. 

Oberg,  Miss  Edna  R. 
Osborn,  Miss  Mae 
Olin,  Miss  Nora  L. 
Osborn,  Henry  A. 

Palmer,  A.  D. 
Palmer,  Miss  R. 
Patten,  J.  V. 
Peck,  Mrs.  Bronson 
Pellet,  Clarence  S. 
Peterson,  Miss  Ruth  C. 
Phelps,  Cassius  H. 
Phillips,  Miss  Ruth  M. 
Pike,  Francis  J. 
Plasman,  J.  B. 
Pomeroy,  Mrs.  C.  K. 
Portman,  Edward  C. 
Post,  Miss  Minnie  E. 
Powell,  T.  Elhanan 
Powers,  Frank  A. 
Pratt,  E.  H. 
Pratt,  N.  D. 


Rittenhouse,  Chas.  J. 
Roberts,  Chas.  H. 
Roberts,  Chas.  S. 
Roberts,  F.  E.,  Jr. 
Robertson.  Miss  Ina  Law 


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ANNUAL  ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 


Rodger,  Miss  A,  H. 
Rodney,  Claude  G. 
Roeser,  Miss  Emma 
Rogers,  W.  A. 
Rollo,  Louis  E. 
Root,  Frank  K. 
Ruck,  Henry 

Saul  Bros. 
Saul,  Miss  Sophie 
Schoof,  E.  W. 
Schroeder,  A.  W. 
Schwabacher,  Morris 
Seidensticker,  Miss  Anne  J. 
Sheldon,  Theodore 
Sheriff,  Andrew  R. 
Sherwood,  Miss  Frances 
Sloane.  W.  B. 
Smalley,  Chas.  M. 
Smelkowski,  Miss  Helen 
Smith,  Claude 
Smith,  Frank  W. 
Smith,  Miss  Colette  M. 
Sprague,  Warner  6z  Co. 

Chorus 
Stables,  G.  C. 
Steams,  Charles  B. 
Stewart,  A.  T. 
Stokely,  O.  F. 
Strawbridge,  C.  H. 
Struve,  John  H. 
Sullivan,  Robert 

Taylor.  C.  H. 
Taylor,  Fitzhugh 
Taylor,  H.  H. 
Tenney,  Geo.  Lee 
Templeton,  Wm. 
Templeton,  Frank 
Thomas,  Miss  Frances  M. 


Thomas,  W.  W. 
Thompson,  C.  F. 
Thornton,  R.  F. 
Thornton,  Everett 
Thrall,  Miss  Bessie  H. 
Trainer,  James  H. 
Tripple,  J.  C. 
Trowbridge,  J.  B. 
Tuttle,  Fredk.  B. 

Ulrich,  J.  C. 

Vail,  Carleton  M. 
Vanzwoll,  H.  B. 
Vokoun,  J.  E. 
Volland,  P.  F. 

Wagner,  F. 

Wallace,  Mrs.  Sophie  D. 
Wallerstein,  Albert 
Walsh,  Mrs.  John  R. 
Watt,  Miss  Ethel 
Watt,  Miss  Fanchon 
Watt,  Miss  Mable 
Webster,  Arthur  L. 
Werner,  J.  G. 
Wermuth.  W.  C.  Jr. 
West,  Miss  Florence 
Westcott,  Charles 
Westney,  Geo.  W. 
White,  A.  Stamford 
Whitney,  G.  M. 
Wilbur,  Miss  Gail 
Wile,  Mrs.  Harriet  A. 
Williams,  J.  Wheldon 
Wilson,  Hon.  Alonzo  E, 
Whitcomb,  H.  S. 
Woltersdorf,  Arthur 

Zemke,  Chas.  H. 
Ziegler,  J.  B. 


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TO  OUR  PATRONS 

This  is  the  last  subscription  concert  of 
the  season  of  1913-1914. 

Blanks  and  addressed  envelopes  have 
been  sent  to  all  subscribers,  and  it  is 
earnestly  hoped  that  renewals  will  be  sent 
in  early,  as  the  capacity  of  Orchestra 
Hall  was  taxed  to  the  utmost  this  year, 
and  failure  to  renew  might  cause  disap- 
pointment later. 

A  great  number  of  our  subscribers  have 
become  permanent  members,  about  50 
per  cent,  and  it  would  be  very  gratify- 
ing to  the  Board  of  Management  if  the 
remaining  50  per  cent  would  change  their 
annual  memberships  to  permanents. 


There  is  room  in  the  Active  Member- 
ship of  the  Club  for  a  few  more  good 
voices. 

Entrance  to  the  Club  is  by  examina- 
tion, and  there  is  no  initiation  fee,  nor 
are  there  any  dues. 

For  information  and  application  blanks 
apply  to 

H.  F.  GRABO,  Secretary, 

323  So.  Wabash  Ave. 

(Baldwin  Co.) 


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LIFE  MEMBERS 

Section  8,  a.  Upon  payment  of  $500  into  the  Life  Membership 
Fund  any  applicant  may  become  a  Life  Member  upon  election  as 
herein  provided. 

b.  Life  Members  who  are  not  Active  or  Retired  Members,  shall 
be  entitled  to  vote  only  upon  all  questions  touching  the  Life  Mem- 
bership Fund. 

c.  Life  Members  shall  have  all  the  privileges  of  Honorary  Mem- 
bers. 

d.  All  Life  Memberships  shall  be  alienable,  inheritable,  and 
devisable,  and  every  transfer  of  a  Life  Membership  shall  become 
effective  when  the  transferee,  heir  or  devisee  has  qualified  and  been 
elected  to  membership  in  the  manner  provided  in  Article  I,  Sec.  3, 
par.  a  and  d,  which  shall  govern  as  to  all  applicants  for  Life  Mem- 
bership except  Active  or  Retired  Members.  Active  or  Retired  Mem- 
bers may  become  Life  Members  by  paying  $500  into  the  Life  Member- 
ship Fund. 

e.  The  owner  of  a  Life  Membership,  or  the  legal  representative 
of  such  owner,  shall  give  30  days'  notice  to  the  Board  of  Manage- 
ment of  any  proposed  transfer,  together  with  the  name  of  the  pro- 
posed transferee;  and  upon  a  sale,  the  proposed  purchase  price; — and 
the  Board  of  Management  shall  have  the  prior  right  to  purchase  such 
Life  Membership  at  the  price  the  proposed  purchaser  intends  paying 
for  it. 

/.  Until  disposed  of  as  per  Article  XI H,  Sec.  5,  the  aggregate 
amount  paid  to  the  Club  for  Life  Memberships  shall  be  kept  intact 
in  a  separate  fund  called  the  Life  Membership  Fund ;  shall  be  invested 
and  re-invested  like  the  Reserve  Fund  in  securities  registered  as 
per  Article  XH,  Sec.  5,  and  the  interest  and  income  accruing  from 
said  Life  Membership  Fund  shall  be  applied  to  the  current  expenses 
of  the  Club;  but  such  interest  and  income  shall  never  be  anticipated. 

g.  The  Life  Members  shall  never  exceed  seventy-three  (73)  in 
number. 

h.  Every  Life  Member  shall  annually  receive  one  $20  Associate 
Membership  for  the  Club's  concerts. 

Section  4.  If  this  Club  ever  disbands  such  action  can  only  be 
taken  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that  sole  purpose  upon  thirty 
(30)  days'  previous  notice  mailed  to  the  correct  post  ofifice  address 
of  each  Voting  Member.  Three-fourths  of  the  entire  Voting  Mem- 
bership must  send  to  the  Secretary  written  acknowledgment  of  such 
notice,  or  be  present  in  person  or  by  proxy  to  legalize  such  meeting, 
and  such  disbandment  can  take  place  only  upon  an  afifirmative  vote 
of  three-fourths  o  the  entire  Voting  Membership. 

Section  5.  In  such  case,  all  the  property  of  the  Club  shall  be 
promptly  turned  into  cash,  all  its  legal  obligations  shall  be  paid,  and 
any  balance  remaining  shall  then  be  disposed  of  as  follows: 

a.  Each  Life  Member  shall  be  promptly  refunded  his  $500. 

HONORARY  MEMBERS 

Section  5.  Honorary  Members  shall  enjoy  all  the  privileges  of 
the  Club,  except  singing,  voting  and  holding  office. 

RETIRED  MEMBERS 

Section  7,  a.  Every  former  Active  Member,  in  good  standing  at 
the  time  of  his  retirement  from  Active  Membership,  shall  be  con- 
sidered a  Retired  Member  as  long  as  he  retains  either  a  $10  or  $20 
annual  Associate  Membership. 

b.  Retired  Members  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  privileges  as 
Honorary  Members. 

c.  Every  Retired  Member  who  has  been  an  Active  Member  for 
at  least  ten  years  shall  also  be  entitled  to  vote. 

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